In terms of rights to the occupied dwelling households can be classified as those occupying a dwelling by virtue of: ownership of a dwelling or a house occupancy rights to a specific suite within the housing co-operative lease sublease being related to an owner or a main occupant of a dwelling and other.

In the censuses up to the 2021 round, it was determined for each team of people who constitute a separate household, the so-called economic concept of households. After the 2011 round, the so-called housing concept consisting in adopting the principle of one flat, one household.